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  'water 
  in 
  wliich 
  the 
  scattered 
  oysters 
  lie, 
  which 
  prevented 
  the 
  

   ^schooner's 
  dredging 
  for 
  them. 
  

  

  EFFECT 
  OF 
  GALES 
  AND 
  ICE. 
  

  

  As 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  opportunity 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  investigate 
  tliis 
  ques 
  

   tion 
  in 
  person, 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  having 
  been 
  ac- 
  

   complished 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  autumn 
  months, 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  information 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  queries 
  put 
  to 
  the 
  

   oystermen 
  and 
  persons 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  Sound. 
  

  

  The 
  heaviest 
  gales 
  during 
  the 
  Winter 
  season 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  

   northward 
  and 
  w^estward. 
  During 
  the 
  summer 
  season, 
  from 
  

   the 
  southward, 
  and 
  southward 
  and 
  eastward. 
  The 
  gales 
  from 
  

   the 
  eastward, 
  southward 
  and 
  eastward, 
  and 
  southward, 
  cause 
  

   an 
  increase 
  of 
  depth 
  over 
  all 
  the 
  ])eds, 
  amounting 
  sometimes 
  

   to 
  two 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  northerly 
  and 
  westerly 
  gales 
  a 
  contrary 
  

   effect, 
  but 
  not 
  sufficient 
  to 
  leave 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  beds 
  un 
  

   covered, 
  except 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  small 
  patches 
  in 
  Fishing 
  Bay. 
  

  

  Gales 
  from 
  any 
  direction 
  cut 
  away 
  the 
  leeward 
  shores 
  and 
  

   points 
  considerably, 
  especially 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  sandy 
  nature. 
  

  

  Those 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Sound 
  suffering 
  most 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  are 
  

   Bishop's 
  Head, 
  Haines' 
  Point 
  and 
  Diel's 
  Island, 
  Little 
  Island, 
  

   the 
  shores 
  about 
  and 
  near 
  Jane's 
  Island, 
  Great 
  Fox 
  Island, 
  

   the 
  shores 
  about 
  Horse 
  Hammock, 
  and 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Watts 
  and 
  Tangier 
  Islands. 
  

  

  Cod 
  Harbor, 
  in 
  Tangier 
  Island, 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  filling 
  up 
  with 
  

   the 
  washings 
  of 
  the 
  sand-spit 
  to 
  the 
  southward. 
  

  

  Though 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  the 
  amount 
  w^ashed 
  away 
  from 
  these 
  points 
  

   is 
  considerable, 
  no 
  additional 
  deposit 
  was 
  ever 
  noticed 
  on 
  the 
  

   beds, 
  nor 
  did 
  the 
  gales 
  appear 
  to 
  affect 
  them 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  other 
  

   than 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  described, 
  except 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  

   the 
  ice 
  in 
  the 
  winter. 
  Ice 
  never 
  rests 
  upon 
  the 
  main 
  beds 
  

   except 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  isolated 
  case: 
  wdiere 
  there 
  happens 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  

   shoal 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  bed. 
  

  

  Occasionally 
  the 
  ice 
  w^ill 
  ground 
  on 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  rocks 
  

   in 
  Fishing 
  Bay 
  and 
  once 
  in 
  a 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  Woman's 
  Marsh 
  

   Rocks 
  but 
  not 
  often. 
  

  

  The 
  injury 
  done 
  the 
  oysters 
  by 
  the 
  grounding 
  depends 
  upon 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  time 
  the 
  oysters 
  are 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  ice. 
  

  

  